diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/text-input/_text-input.scss b/packages/components/src/components/text-input/_text-input.scss
index 7489ee168bc5..7e72973b41ed 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/text-input/_text-input.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/text-input/_text-input.scss
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
     color: $text-disabled;
     cursor: not-allowed;
     // Needed to fix disabled text in Safari #6673
-    -webkit-text-fill-color: currentColor;
+    -webkit-text-fill-color: $disabled-02;
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--text-input--light:disabled {
diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/text-input/_text-input.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/text-input/_text-input.scss
index 73c2641961b8..a48a32fd48af 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/text-input/_text-input.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/text-input/_text-input.scss
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     color: $text-disabled;
     cursor: not-allowed;
     // Needed to fix disabled text in Safari #6673
-    -webkit-text-fill-color: currentColor;
+    -webkit-text-fill-color: $text-disabled;
   }
 
   // V11: Possibly deprecate